ComedyDramaRomanceAdventure

Last Cab to Darwin

- It's never too late to start living.

Rex is a loner, and when he's told he doesn't have long to live, he embarks on an epic drive through the Australian outback from Broken Hill to Darwin to die on his own terms; but his journey reveals to him that before you can end your life, you have to live it, and to live it, you've got to share it.

Release Date : 2015-08-06

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Last Cab ProductionsPork Chop Productions

Production Country : Australia

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Rex

Original Name : Michael Caton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Farmer

Original Name : Jacki Weaver

Gender : Female

Character Name : Julie

Original Name : Emma Hamilton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Polly

Original Name : Ningali Lawford

Gender : Female

Character Name : Coach

Original Name : Brian Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tilly

Original Name : Mark Coles Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Simmo

Original Name : John Howard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Col

Original Name : Alan Dukes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dougie

Original Name : David Field

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stella

Original Name : Kelly Butler

Gender : Female

Character Name : Frank

Original Name : Elliott Weston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coach

Original Name : Brian Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor Sharpe

Original Name : Jeremy Cumpston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Specialist

Original Name : Christopher Stollery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young miner

Original Name : Andrew Ryan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fay

Original Name : Mercia Deane-Johns

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sally

Original Name : Shareena Clanton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Publican

Original Name : Brendan Cowell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sonya

Original Name : Leah Purcell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Receptionist

Original Name : Kirsty McGregor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dora

Original Name : Pauline Chatt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chilli

Original Name : David 'Chilli' Chilcott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Noel

Original Name : Bruce R. Carter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Evelyn

Original Name : Marlene Hunter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caitlin

Original Name : Muriel Hunter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dog

Original Name : Badger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor Neill

Original Name : Tom Pauling

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bar manager

Original Name : Patrick Webster

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eccentric artist

Original Name : Graham Craft

Gender : Male

Character Name : Terry Wainwright

Original Name : Glenn Hazeldine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Rex / Rex's Dad

Original Name : Septimus Caton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rex's mum

Original Name : Gail Ball

Gender : Male

Character Name : Radio DJ

Original Name : Andrew Schmidt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Journo 1

Original Name : Richard Margetson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Journo 2

Original Name : Melanie Arnost

Gender : Male

Character Name : Journo 3

Original Name : Adam Steer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Journo (uncredited)

Original Name : Thomas Midena

Gender : Male

Reviews

Reno

@Rangan

2024-05-16

> Some discoveries come at the last hours of the life. When a movie is based on the play, setting wise it will be a tight narration. But the advantage is, movies can expand its screenplay in the natural world where stage plays has a limitation with the fake backgrounds. And obviously movies can reach any corner of the earth in the todays digital world while plays are for a limited live audience. So I think that is how this play turned into a motion picture, importantly, it was funded by the government and all the above it won a couple of Australian Academy Awards. It was a cancer themed thin comedy-drama with a little road adventure in the backdrop. A story that follows a 70-year-old cab driver Rex from Broken Hill. He has never been outside his town until he finds he has a cancer, so he takes a 3000 kilometer drive to Darwin looking for a doctor who can help him with his suffering. At the dusk hours of his life, he encounters some strangers and many stuffs for the first time. So this film is all about his final and best experience in the end of the life journey. I like sentimental films, I chose it because I haven't felt the emotions through my heart for a movie in the recent time. I expected it to fulfill my desire, but it only fell short. To me it was a decent movie in the first half, but it got better in the next half. The opening was kind of slow and dry, the cast was totally unfamiliar to me. I needed time to get used to a sudden change of accent after watching so many Hollywood flicks. Because you know we don't watch Aussie movies everyday and so the style of comedies differs with the different region. > "You want everything to be black and white, but it's not. It's gray." The best thing ever happened was the introduction of the characters Tilly and Julie. One is an aboriginal and the other is a British who joins Rex, the Aussie. They are the main source for the story to grow in the right direction. Because of them the narration had a subplot to focus their perspectives as well. Without them definitely it would have been a worthless flick. The end was not at its best. It hat many options, but they decided to finish it in an uncertain manner. Since it was a road movie, I also anticipated exhibition of beautiful Australian landscapes, that never came. I understand they don't want distraction from the main plot, because this was one of those films that took time for the characters to settle down. Even though it approaches the conclusion, the characters had kept deepening in its development. My upset with the movie was, it was a quite different from the usual cancer films. Precisely to say, it was very weak in the exhibition of character feelings. Certainly it won't make you weep. Just like one of the lines at the beginning that says 'everyone gets cancer', the movie was too casual like this is a regular thing. But the scenario where the story sets in and takes us with it was exceptional. I have a hesitation to recommend it, but it is a good movie if you're okay with the thing I expressed which are lacking. 6½/10